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ONLY A BABY SMALL by MATTHIAS BARR

First Line: ONLY A BABY SMALL, DROPT FROM THE SKIES
Last Line: SMALL, BUT HOW DEAR TO US, GOD KNOWETH BEST.
Subject(s): BABIES; INFANTS;

ONLY a baby small, dropt from the skies;
Only a laughing face, two sunny eyes;
Only two cherry lips, one chubby nose;
Only two little hands, ten little toes.

Only a golden head, curly and soft;
Only a tongue that wags loudly and oft;
Only a little brain, empty of thought;
Only a little heart troubl'd with nought.

Only a tender flower, sent us to rear;
Only a life to love while we are here;
Only a baby small, never at rest;
Small, but how dear to us, God knoweth best.



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